Architecture comparison

Mercado Libre vs Shopify

Mercado Libre runs closer to the foundational model (Native (own / self-hosted weights)) than Shopify (Direct API). Shared foundation: OpenAI · GPT (highlighted).

Mercado Libre

E-Commerce

Proximity

Native (own / self-hosted weights)

Models

proprietary / self-built modelsOpenAI · GPT

Cloud · datastore

AWSownMySQL

Compliance

SOC 2PCI DSS

Architecture

LatAm commerce/fintech giant; large in-house recommendation/fraud ML plus OpenAI for assistants.

Shopify

E-Commerce

Proximity

Direct API

Models

OpenAI · GPT

Cloud · datastore

GCPMySQL (Vitess)RedisKafka

Compliance

SOC 2PCI DSS Level 1ISO 27001

Architecture

Migrated to Google Cloud; a Rails 'majestic monolith' sharded into pods over MySQL (Vitess) with Kafka. Shopify Magic/Sidekick AI uses OpenAI; storefront stack (Hydrogen/Remix) is open-source.

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